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United
States Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Robert Papp was in Kodiak recently
during a tour of the state. During the last few years, the Coast Guard has been
expanding its mission in the Arctic Ocean in anticipation of climate change
opening it up to more shipping, cruises ships and pleasure boat trips. There
are also territorial considerations, as several Arctic nations have competing
claims over potentially rich natural resources.

Coming up this week, a record number of pinks have
been hauled aboard in Prince William Sound, but the chum run is far behind on
the Yukon. And we get an update on the Southeast troll season. All that and fishermen
propose their own sea lion solution, coming up on the Alaska Fisheries Report.We
had help this week from KCHU's Erik Wander in Valdez, KUAC's Dan Bross in
Fairbanks, KFSK's Melati Kaye in Petersburg, and APRN's Steve Heimel in
Anchorage.

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Voters on
Tuesday will be asked to decide the fate of an ethics reform measure that the
measure's sponsor has withdrawn support for.

Ballot
Measure 1 would prohibit the use of public funds for political campaigns and
lobbying.

Supporters
call it the Alaska Anti-Corruption Act. Opponents call it the "Gag Law."

The "Yes on One" campaign has suspended it
support of the initiative it was championing. Earlier this summer, chairman
Dick Randolph said on the group's website that changes in the ballot's title by
Alaska's lieutenant governor prompted "Yes on One" to suspend their campaign to
promote the measure.

Randolph said the wording
changes favored unions and the Alaska Municipal League.

The Alaska
Municipal League is meeting this week in Kodiak.

Borough Mayor
Jerome Selby is on the AML Board of Directors. He says he's firmly against
banning citizens and volunteers-such as
school board members and city council and assembly members-from speaking to
legislators about issues affecting the community.